Radiator cap



A ril 5, 1927. A

c. WEYANDT RADIATOR CAP Filed on 20, 1925 Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

CLAUDE wEYAunr; orunissuedPENNSYLVANIA.

' This "invention relates to new I and useful improvements i nmot'r vehicle radiator caps," andhiisfr 1 its primary object to provide such-a devicethat will enable the radiators tribe filled 'without the necessityof unscrewin g' or otherwise entirely "removing the capr from-the filling ;n"eck' of the radiator.

Mft themnd:important object of-the in vention-is to provide means for facilitating; the accurate pouring of the water into the filling neck without a great portion of the same .being wasted in order to avoid the spilling of the water upon the radiator shell or vehicle hood, which is now one of the difliculties generally experienced in the filling of radiators.

A further and important object is to provide a radiator cap that not only includes the above advantages,but one that will be ornamental and attractive in appearance.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same complies with the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views: 7

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved radiator cap associated with the filling neck of a vehicle radiator which is fragmentarily shown.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3' is also a top plan View disclosing the cap in an opencondition for facilitating the filling of the radiator, and

Figure 4 is a view partly in elevation and. partly in cross section of the cap as associ ated with the neck, said cap being shown in this view also in an open condition.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, there is fragmentarily shown at 5 a motor vehicle radiator that is provided withtheusual filling neck 6 that is externally threaded at its upper end at 7 My invention embodies the provision of a cap 8 of circular configuration that has the usual internally threaded flange for threaded engagement with the threaded end of the neck 6, as more clearly shown in Figure 4.

Formed upon the top side of said cap is a relativel oval-shaped housing 9 of rela- -b8 tfvelfy slig t depth, the opposite ends of The meter RADIAT'OR oar.

Application filed more 2031925." serial: No.- Basra with respect to thefillin neck -6.--

application or removal o-f--the--- entire cap;

Disposed within saidhous1ng1;9 "and-lbeingsiof a shapesimilar to the shape'of the housing is a funnel 11 formedof telescopic sections, as per Figure 4, which, when the same are collapsed, will fit snugly within the housing 9. The innermost one of these telescopic sections is in fixed relation to the cap 8 which is provided with a liquid entrance opening 12 in the center of said innermost section, Figures 3 and 4.

Hingedly secured, as at 13, to the upper telescopic section of the funnel at the rear edge thereof and intermediate its ends is a cover plate 14 for the funnel receiving housing 9, which is obviously of the same contour as the housing, as shown in Figure 2.

A suitable latch means 15 is provided between said cover plate 14 and housing 9 in the front side thereof, for obviously main- 7 taining the cover in closed relation with respect to the housing and for also preventing through the opening 12 in the ca 8 and conseqiliiently into the radiator tl irough the vnec 6.

If desired, the housing cap 14 may be equipped with a conventionalform of motor meter 16, and'as a means for supporting the cover and motor meter in the position shown in Figures 3 and 4, when the cap is in open position, the housing 9 at the rear side thereof and intermediate its ends, is formed with a short vertical lug 17 upon which the adjacent edge of the cover plate 14 will rest. The lug 17 is slightly offset as is shown more clearly in Figure 4 to permit the adjacent portion of the cap to be disposed against the inner face of the lug when the cap rests on the housing in its closed position.

meter 16' which provides a weight for the cover 14 will cooperate with the cover and the lug in holding the collapsible funnel in its extended position.

From the foregoing description, when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the operation and advantages of a radiator cap of this character will be at once apparent, and even though I have disclosed what I believe to be the most novel embodiment of my idea, it is nevertheless to be understood that departures may be had without affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

lVhat is claimed is:

In a closure for radiator filling necks comprising a cap adapted for association with the filling neck, said cap having an opening in its top, a housing formed on the cap around said opening, an offset lug extending vertically from the rear intermediate portion of the housing, a collapsible tunnel including a series of telescopic sections which are adapted for normal disposition Within the housing around said opening, a cover for the housing, said cover being hingedly associated adjacent the rear edge of the intermediate portion thereof to the uppermost section of the collapsible funnel, the rear intermediate portion of the cover being adapted to rest on the upper edge of said lug when swung to an open position, and a weight carried by the cover and cooperating therewith for holding the collapsible tunnel in its extended. position.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

CLAUDE WE YANDT. 

